22.0 Main Checklist for Installing RBPM and the User Application

Before beginning the installation process, NetIQ recommends that you review the following steps.

 

Checklist Items

  1. Learn about the interaction among Identity Manager components. For more information, see Section 4.3.1, User Application and Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. Ensure that the Identity Manager engine has been installed. For more information about installing the engine, see Section 14.0, Installing the Identity Manager Engine.

  1. Review the considerations for installing the User Application and RBPM to ensure that the computers meet the prerequisites. For more information, see Section 6.7, Prerequisites and Requirements for Installing the User Application and Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. Review the hardware and software requirements for the computers that will host RBPM and the User Application. For more information, see Section 6.7.6, System Requirements for Installing the User Application and Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. (Optional) Create a test environment using the Community Edition of JBoss Application Server and PostgreSQL database server. NetIQ provides this version of JBoss in the installation kit. For more information, see Section 23.0, Installing the Community Edition of JBoss.

  1. Install and configure a database for the User Application on the local computer or a connected server.

  1. Prepare an application server on the local computer or in a cluster.

  1. Review the contents of the User Application installation kit to determine which files are needed for your environment. For more information, see Section 6.7.2, Understanding the Installation Files for the Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. Install the RBPM component. For more information, see Section 24.0, Installing the Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. Create and deploy the User Application driver and the Roles and Resource Service driver. For more information, see Section 25.0, Creating the Drivers for the Roles Based Provisioning Module.

  1. (Conditional) For a guided installation process (wizard) of the User Application, see one of the following sections:

  1. (Conditional) To install the User Application from the command line (console) either as a guided process or in a single command (silent installation), see Section 29.0, Installing RBPM Components from the Command Line.

    NOTE:Silent installation can be performed on Linux computers only.

  1. To perform the final tasks in the installation process, see Section 30.0, Completing the Roles Based Provisioning Module / User Application Installation.

  1. Install the rest of the Identity Manager components, including the Identity Information Warehouse.

  1. (Optional) To begin using the User Application and RBPM, see the NetIQ User Application Administration Guide.